JLPT N4 vocabulary
方がいい: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
ほうがいい
i-adjective
Also written 方が良い
Meaning
- had better ... (after past tense verb)
- had better not ... (after negative verb)
Conjugation
Only the present uses いい; every other form uses よ: よかった, よくない.
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 方がいい | 方が |
| Plain past過去形 | 方が | 方が |
| Polite presentです形 | 方がいい | 方が |
| Polite pastでした形 | 方が | 方が |
| Te-formて形 | 方が | 方が |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 方がいい | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 方が | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 方が | 方が |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 方が | 方が |